With Super Tuesday in full swing, people across the country are reporting outages on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads.
WLWT report On Tuesday morning, users received an error message when trying to log into their accounts.
Downdetector.com noted that there were more than 450,000 attacks throughout the morning. report About Facebook service outage.website too report More than 73,000 Instagram accounts are down.
The news comes as voters prepare for Super Tuesday. The Associated Press reported that Super Tuesday is “traditionally the biggest day of primaries and caucuses across the country before the actual election day in November.”
The outlet continued:
This Tuesday, voters in 16 different states and one territory (get it? “Super” Tuesday) will choose who to run for president. Some states select candidates to run for governor, U.S. Senate, and some district attorneys.
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Democrats and Republicans vote on who they want to run for president and other offices. And once those votes are counted, delegates are awarded.
Social media users took to X (formerly Twitter) to share news of the outage.
“What a coincidence that Facebook, IG, and YouTube go down on Super Tuesday. November practice run? #CyberAttack”, 1 user I have written:
What a coincidence that Facebook, IG, and YouTube go down on Super Tuesday.
November practice run? #cyber attack pic.twitter.com/9rKTZZjvVR
— AJ Huber (@Huberton) March 5, 2024
“They said if we fired all the waking staff, Company X wouldn’t survive. Fast forward a year and Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube all go down at the same time. There is no. Isn’t it interesting?” Citizen Free Press commented:
They said that if they fired all the waking staff, X wouldn’t survive.
Fast forward a year and Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube all go down at the same time. The X is still shaking, but there are no interruptions.
You are not being entertained. pic.twitter.com/POIFPCsKBW
— Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) March 5, 2024
WLWT has updated its report to note that Meta Communications Director Andy Stone shared with X that his team is aware of the issue and is working to resolve it.
We recognize that people have problems accessing our services. I’m currently working on this.
— Andy Stone (@andymstone) March 5, 2024
However, “it is unclear when service will be restored or what caused the outage,” the report said.
